Minutes from the October 2012 – correction needed to be made in that Kimberly Vlies was not present. Motion by Rybak, seconded by Kieper, minutes approved.

Innovation Lab Discussion – background was provided by Bukralia, that this was an issue that had come up with a number of discussions he has been having with faculty. This is a brainstorming session, no decisions have been made. A handout about some possible ideas was distributed to the Council and guests prior to the meeting as a place to start the discussion. The discussion included the following:

should the lab be physical, virtual or both?

should be non-proprietary

compensation/incentives for faculty need to be considered

faculty and students need to be engaged to ensure success

focus should be on teaching and learning, and faculty research

should be interdisciplinary

needs to remain flexible

figure out how this lab connects with CATL and ATS

Next steps will be to define what the lab is, to identify overlaps between academic areas and administrative issues and to identify the impediments.